2018 Adopted Annual Operating & Capital Improvement Budget

PUBLIC WORKS
Statement of Purpose
The Public Works Department assures safe, clean, functional, aesthetically pleasing, and environmentally wellmaintained
Village transportation system and drainage ways; and safe, appropriate, and reliable vehicles for
organizational operations.
Description
The Public Works Department is comprised of six primary service areas: Administration, Environmental Services, Fleet
Services, Road Services, Snow and Ice Control, and Transportation Services.
Administration assures high quality department outcomes.
Environmental Services focuses on the protection of the natural environment through managing the functionality of
public drainage ways, cleanliness of the 224 lane miles of paved roadways, reliable consolidated single-family
residential trash and recycling, household hazardous waste removal, and large item pick up.
Transportation Services focuses on the safety and mobility of the public while traveling in the Village. Responsibilities
include the operation and maintenance of 48 traffic signals, over 4,000 street signs, over 200 miles of striping and 225
crosswalks. This area also monitors and evaluates traffic conditions to initiate steps to improve safety and mobility
within the Village, including working closely with adjacent communities to promote regional traffic solutions.
Snow and Ice Control assures roadways are safe and accessible during and after snow events.
Roads Services is responsible for assuring a safe, available and smooth network of 224 lane miles of roadway
throughout the Village. In addition, the service area manages the availability of the Right-of-Way (ROW) for utilities by
overseeing non-Village construction activities through the issuance and administration of ROW permits.
Fleet Services focuses on assuring that the 254 pieces of vehicles/equipment that the Village utilizes daily in carrying
out services to the community, including police and snow and ice control, are appropriate, safe, and reliable.
In addition to oversight of operations and maintenance of the primary service areas, the Public Works Department
Managers are also responsible for managing Village capital projects related to Streets & Transportation, Buildings,
Drainage, and other miscellaneous projects within the Capital Improvement Program. The CIP budget for these projects
in 2018 is approximately $16.39 million, with a significant portion associated with the Phase 2 improvements for the
Maintenance Facility. Managing capital projects entails determining project feasibility, developing project scope,
facilitating public involvement, allocation of funding, preparing project proposals, managing the bid process, project
scheduling, real-property acquisition, site preparation, design and construction management, and assuring the
completed projects meet intended outcomes.
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